From The Complete Mathematics Conference, I really enjoyed Maths Conference #26, July 2021. The highlight for me (apart from very much enjoying my own session presenting with AQA on the New GCSE Maths tests from Exampro which been developed for the two-year AQA key stage 4 scheme of work) had to be the first session of the day I attended – a first look at the web version of Autograph.

I have also added this information to a new page in the Autograph section of my Use of Technology series.

A web version for Autograph is now available, a game-changer for this sophisticated object-based dynamic geometry system. It has a great deal of functionality already and will be developed even further. I am so pleased to have the option now of sharing pages easily with students. The interface is intuitive. Select the various options to see all the functionality available. Add some points or an equation and experiment! I really like all the style options in Autograph making it possible to create attractive resources. And look at all those colours! That certainly appeals to me with my interest in using colour in Mathematics to add clarity to explanations. Note the colours of the points I have used in my reflection example below. This is just my own first look, I will be learning much more.

I find Autograph very intuitive for illustrating transformations. It is very simple to enter a shape and transform it. The shape can be user-defined so it is very easy to set up illustrations. It is also very simple to add labels. With Autograph when you select objects you get a menu of appropriate choices; selecting an object and equation offers the option to reflect. I thought I would create a page to show reflection in x=a:

Select the image or this link to see the above page. Select the workspace if nothing appears and try changing the variable a by tapping along the line.

It is possible to embed a page as well as share it…

A web version for Autograph is available, it has a great deal of functionality and will be developed even further. The interface is intuitive. Select the various options to see all the functionality available. Add some points or an equation and experiment! I really like all the style options in Autograph making it possible to create attractive resources. And look at all those colours! That certainly appeals to me with my interest in using colour in Mathematics to add clarity to explanations. Note the colours of the points I have used in my reflection example below.

I thought I would create a page to show reflection in x=a:

Select the image or this link to see the above page.

It is possible to embed a page as well as share it… (select to see the embed and change variable a using the menu

I was delighted to present this session for ATM and MA London Branch #London Maths (watch this space for the programme for the next academic year) on Rosenshine’s Principles in the Mathematics Classroom. This also refers to elements of the Great Teaching Toolkit – Evidence Review.

As promised, the slides (there are lots, but you can pick out what you want – and slide 14 links to the various sections) are available below in various formats. Hopefully, the notes pages add to the images and hopefully will be useful whether or not you were at the session.

The first download is the PowerPoint file including notes, the second a pdf file of the images only, I find it can be much quicker to use links from a pdf file and the third, in case it’s useful is a pdf of the notes pages (links do not work in this format).

November 22 – slide set used for the Seneca webinar can also be donloaded.

There is also a link to this post on the page Lesson Planning – Reference where there are many other useful links to resources.

These slides are the set used for the November 2022 Seneca Webinar.